RAP PUBLICATION: 2008/12 ASIA-PACIFIC FISHERY COMMISSION (APFIC) APFIC SECOND REGIONAL CONSULTATIVE FORUM MEETING Adapting to emerging challenges – Promotion of arrangements for the management of fisheries and aquaculture in Asia-Pacific Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, 6–9 August 2008
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PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT
This is the final report of the second APFIC Regional Consultative Forum Meeting, "Adapting to emerging challenges – Promotion of arrangements for the management of fisheries and aquaculture in Asia-Pacific" convened in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, from 6–9 August 2008.
Distribution:
Participants of the RCFM
Members of APFIC
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
FAO Regional Fishery Officers
APFIC | Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission |
ASEAN | Association of South-East Asian Nations |
ARFMM | ASEAN regional fisheries development and management mechanism |
ATSEA | Arafura and Timor Seas Action Plan |
BOBP-IGO | Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organization |
BOBLME | Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project |
CBF | Culture-based fisheries |
CCAMLR | Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
CCRF | Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries |
CGIAR | Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research |
CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
COBSEA | Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia |
COFI | FAO Committee on Fisheries |
COFI-AQ | FAO COFI Sub-Committee on Aquaculture |
CTI | Coral Triangle Initiative |
CTNI | Coral Triangle Network Initiative |
CTNI | WWF Coral Triangle Network Initiative |
DWFN | distant water fishing nations |
EAF | ecosystem approach to fisheries |
EBFM | Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management |
EEZ | Exclusive Economic Zone |
ExCo | APFIC Executive Committee |
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
FBA | fishery-based aquaculture |
FIEL | Policy and Liaison Service of FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department |
FMU | fisheries management unit |
FRRP | fisheries resource restoration programme |
GEF | Global Environment Facility |
HACCP | Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point |
ICM | integrated coastal management |
ICSF | International Collective in Support of Fishworkers |
IMO | International Maritime Organization |
INFOFISH | Intergovernmental Organization for Marketing Information and Technical Advisory Services for Fishery Products in the Asia and Pacific Region |
IOTC | Indian Ocean Tuna Commission |
IPOA | International Plan(s) of Action |
IUU fishing | Illegal,Unreported and Unregulated Fishing |
JTFED | Juvenile and Trash Fish Excluding Device |
LME | large marine ecosystem |
LOA | letter of agreement |
MFF | Mangroves For the Future initiative |
MMAF | Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia |
MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
MRC | Mekong River Commission |
MCS | monitoring, control and surveillance |
MSC | Marine Stewardship Council |
NACA | Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia and Pacific |
NPOA | national plan(s) of action |
PEMSEA | Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia |
RAP | Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific |
RCFM | APFIC Regional Consultative Forum Meeting |
RFB | Regional Fisheries Body |
RFMO | Regional Fisheries Management Organization |
RPOA | Regional Plan(s) of Action |
RSAC | SEAFDEC Regional Scientific Advisory Committee |
SAARC | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
SEAFDEC | Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center |
SIFFS | South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies |
TAC | Total Allowable Catches |
TAE | Total Allowable Effort Quotas |
TCP | Technical Cooperation Programme |
TCDC | Technical Cooperation among Developing Country |
UNCLOS | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
UNFSA | United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement |
WCPFC | Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission |
WorldFish | WorldFish Center |
WTO | World Trade Organization |
WWF | World Wildlife Fund |